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Creole Belles new, self titled CD is here! On the Arhoolie Records label, it will be in stores worldwide on April 1. Better yet, be the first on your block--order here by clicking the Buy It Now button. Button takes you directly to Paypal. You do not need a Paypal account. CD is $15 plus $2.50 shipping ($4 to ship internationally). |
What people are saying about Creole Belles' first album, recently released on Arhoolie Records: "In 1995, the Creole Belles was formed. Thirteen years later, the group is only now releasing its long-awaited debut . . . It was worth the wait. It's a highly intoxicating brew of Cajun and Creole music played with spirit, reverance, and love and performed by some worthy ambassadors." "[Delilah Lee Lewis] has a great, rich and gutsy fiddle sound whether taking the lead or in accompaniment, and a fabulous sense of rhythm that sounds bred in the bone." "Five Stars. This is an unaffected but elegant case study in how to assemble a contemporary album from traditional source material…Although recorded in California, this could easily pass through Louisiana cultural customs as the real deal." "An album I'm very excited about... it's one of the best rootsy Cajun and Creole albums I've heard in a long, long time. You know, in the 90's everything got hopped up to the point where the roots were lost in a lot of it. So this is getting back there, and you can still dance to it all night long." "Y'all's CD is fun, funky and earthy sounding......I dig it! I think y'all captured those things felt and not obvious about the music that few these days even touch upon. Sounds like the crazy days of the early 1980's in yet self-conscious Cajun land.......you just had to be there!" "That is one fine CD—one of the best Cajun and Creole recordings that has been released for a long time. After listening to it many times, it sounds as good today as it did the first time that I listened to it...great work!" "This is one of those extremely rare 5 star CDs that you want on your short list. Every single cut is a sparkling diamond. I put it on during my birthday party in June, and my guests would not let me stop playing it for two solid hours. Drop everything and go find a copy of this gem right now." "Not only were such hot tunes as 'Bernadette,' Wade's Blues,' and 'Valse a Cathleen' exported straight from the music's homeland, but they were learned knee-to-knee with the music's cornerstones like Canray Fontenot, Bois Sec Ardoin, and Preston Frank, as well as Dennis McGee, Marc Savoy, and Wade Fruge...Your ears and feet will excitedly swear this party's coming from Opelousas or maybe Eunice--when, all along, it's a San Francisco treat." "An impressive achievement by any measure, the Creole Belles first CD marks them as major contributors to the preservation of this important form of American folk music." "Nice, raw sounding violin, furious accordion and rhythms that make your feet move . . . A strong debut album. " A popular part of their live shows occurs when Heil gives the bull fiddle (bass) a break and picks up a 'tit fiddle to join Lewis on a few old-time twin fiddle tunes--three potent examples of their musical synergy are here... [The Belles] take a breather while Carrier solos on a haunting version of "La Valse De Minuit/The Drunkard's Waltz," and cleverly close with a lilting revival of their turn-of-the-century namesake hit. Recommended. |
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